La contribution des Instituts Pastoraux pour un ministère inculturé et contextualisé
The Contribution of Pastoral Institutes in the Inculturation and Contextualization of Pastoral Ministry

Summary/Abstract: The conciliar opening on cultural and religious traditions of the world opened a new chapter in missiology. The Eurocentric vision of Christianity has been criticized. The local churches of the “mission countries” expressed their will to present the Christian faith in the local colouring. The theological debate focused on the concepts of: tradition, contextualization, inculturation. There was a conviction that theology must be rooted not only in biblical tradition, but also in local culture. The author analyses the activities of pastoral institutes which, in accordance with the “See-Evaluate-Act” principle, contributed to the contextualization and inculturation of Christianity in individual local communities: ITEPAL (Colombia), EAPI (Philippines), Lumko (South Africa), API (Kenya) and IMG (Papua New Guinea). The ambition of each pastoral institute was to participate actively in the life of the local Catholic community, which was looking for a new expression of faith.

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